The inquiry, ‘Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending’, launched this week, will examine rehabilitative regimes within the male and female prison estate, including for remand prisoners, IPP prisoners and those in youth custody.
Chair Andy Slaughter MP said: ‘With limited opportunities for ex-offenders to reintegrate back into society post release and a rise in the numbers leaving jails homeless, a wide-ranging assessment of the prison revolving door is long overdue.’
The latest Ministry of Justice figures, covering October to December 2022, show a 56.6% reoffending rate among adults released from sentences of less than 12 months, and a 26.4% rate overall.
IPP sentences were abolished in 2012 but 2,796 IPP prisoners remained in custody, as of 31 March 2024, according to government figures.
